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<span style="CLEAR: right">Any media (liquid or gas) that flows naturally or can be forced to flow could be used to transmit energy in a fluid power system. The earliest fluid used was water hence the name hydraulics was applied to systems using liquids. In modern terminology, hydraulics implies a circuit using mineral oil. <b>Figure 1-1</b> shows a basic power unit for a hydraulic system. (Note that water is making something of a comeback in the late &#39;90s; and some fluid power systems today even operate on seawater.) The other common fluid in fluid power circuits is compressed air.</span></p></div>
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